GRE Word List
EMISSARY
one designated as the agent of another : representative
The meaning of the word emissary is one designated as the agent of another : representative.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ingrate | an ungrateful person |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| floe | floating ice formed in a large sheet on the surface of a body of water |